CVE-2026-4407
Received
Received - Intake
Out-of-Bounds Write in Xpdf ICCBased Color Space Parsing
Publication date: 2026-03-18
Last updated on: 2026-03-18
Assigner: Glyph & Cog, LLC
Description
Description
Out-of-bounds array write in Xpdf 4.06 and earlier, due to incorrect validation of the "N" field in ICCBased color spaces.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| xpdf | xpdf | to 4.06 (exc) |
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Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-787 | The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. |
| CWE-20 | The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is an out-of-bounds array write in Xpdf version 4.06 and earlier. It occurs because of incorrect validation of the "N" field in ICCBased color spaces.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability could potentially lead to memory corruption due to the out-of-bounds write. However, the CVSS base score is low (2.1), indicating that the impact is limited and requires local access with high attack complexity.
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